The Elimination Number for any team is determined by adding their number of losses to the number of wins for the team leading the wild card, and subtracting that total from 163. The Elimination Number for the second place team is the "Magic Number" for the first place team. "E" indicates that the team has been eliminated from winning the wild card.

Yesterday, I couldn't bring myself to do that simple math.

Probably because I already knew disaster was about to happen.

Luckily, we've had a little time to prepare for this, the first time in 3 years the Cubs did not make it to the playoffs.

Last night, Ryan Dempster showed he's still going strong - he threw a 9 inning shutout against the Pirates.

Final score Cubs 6.

No comment on the quality of players the Pirates had on the field last night.

September 23, 2009

I don't think later I'm gonna spend too much time sifting through the embers of 2009, but Derrek's season will definitely be something to savor.

His consistency, reflected in his personal best (so far) 109 RBI's, never wavered.

All season long.

Even with the diseased clubhouse - how do you keep your focus?

Last night he hit his 39th homer, and it went out by a couple feet over the right field wall.

So much about him can be defined in that hit - he's hit some monsters, but I always think of him as a super-intelligent batter, going with the pitch and (as he's always said) not trying to hit it out, just make good contact.

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